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iOS 6: My hopes

There should be some optimizations in the underlying software throughout the system, to speed the whole thing up. I've noticed each iteration gets slower on the previous hardware and is only pristine on the flagship it is shipped with. Now I can't really blame Apple because they want to sell devices, but this is a big problem especially in OS X with Lion that affects all computers it's installed on, even new ones. That's inexcusable and I think something needs to be done about it honestly, for iOS and OS X. Let's be honest has iOS 5 even been optimized for dual core? Or the 3GS or i4? Probably not. The software itself is already generally fast as is the hardware, so no complaints, but needless to say Apple has been lazy with the platform because they think they've reached a level of 'smoothness' and speed that it needs no further tweaking, but that's a short-sighted way of thinking through things.

I'd like an upgrade akin to Leopard and Snow Leopard combined, for iOS. Refine the UI in little places in ways we can't imagine, bring back the Apple that used to innovate with things you didn't even know you wanted and loved until you saw it. Refine iCloud backup with something like Time Machine so that there's a base backup, and then incremental backups. Of course you can choose to just have a new whole backup and delete the previous one, but still this option would be nice. Even after awhile having a few incremental backups, be able to see them through the 'time machine view' like OS X and pick and choose stuff you want to restore that you might have delete. Something like Gatekeeper would be nice too, to make it easier for people to install stuff they want to install while having an option to be 'safeguarded' (and there would be descriptions warning people if they choose so and so).
 
ZebraineZ said:
There should be some optimizations in the underlying software throughout the system, to speed the whole thing up. I've noticed each iteration gets slower on the previous hardware and is only pristine on the flagship it is shipped with. Now I can't really blame Apple because they want to sell devices, but this is a big problem especially in OS X with Lion that affects all computers it's installed on, even new ones. That's inexcusable and I think something needs to be done about it honestly, for iOS and OS X. Let's be honest has iOS 5 even been optimized for dual core? Or the 3GS or i4? Probably not. The software itself is already generally fast as is the hardware, so no complaints, but needless to say Apple has been lazy with the platform because they think they've reached a level of 'smoothness' and speed that it needs no further tweaking, but that's a short-sighted way of thinking through things.

I'd like an upgrade akin to Leopard and Snow Leopard combined, for iOS. Refine the UI in little places in ways we can't imagine, bring back the Apple that used to innovate with things you didn't even know you wanted and loved until you saw it. Refine iCloud backup with something like Time Machine so that there's a base backup, and then incremental backups. Of course you can choose to just have a new whole backup and delete the previous one, but still this option would be nice. Even after awhile having a few incremental backups, be able to see them through the 'time machine view' like OS X and pick and choose stuff you want to restore that you might have delete. Something like Gatekeeper would be nice too, to make it easier for people to install stuff they want to install while having an option to be 'safeguarded' (and there would be descriptions warning people if they choose so and so).
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Optimizations are always happening in both hardware and software. The reality though is hardware that is two years old is two years removed in evolution and that makes a big deal.

For instance when Apple delivered the first File Vault encryption it leaned on the CPU to handle the encryption/decryption and could only encrypt the user library and the speed hit was evident. Today File Vault encrypts the entire hard and eternals with only a slight performance penalty. This is because of new acceleration properties in Intel Sandy Bridge. This performance simply wasn't available two years ago so it appears that the software isn't optimized but there really wasn't anything the software could be optimized for.

Apple is constantly moving forward with better frameworks for developers to utilize that leverage newer hardware features and the end result is a faster computer although not much can be done for older computers that simply do not have the hardware features to keep up.
 
I'd just like to be pleasantly surprised after the WWDC. No huge expectations of it, just some nice features to look forward to!
 
Josh M said:
I'd just like to be pleasantly surprised after the WWDC. No huge expectations of it, just some nice features to look forward to!
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Yea, I'd really like that, some nice, useful feature that we haven't thought of. But these days there are so many tweaks and concepts, a surprise is hard to pull off.
 
What enhancements would you like to see in iOS6? (merged)

I'd like a few features which I currently use by jailbreaking, I'd like to have it natively in iOS so I don't need to jailbreak.

-Separate signatures for each email account
-Full quality videos on YouTube as if on wifi
-More icons in folders / scrolling folders
-Quick toggle to turn on/off wifi, bluetooth, change brightness, airplane mode, etc. I currently do this by swiping right on the status bar.
-More pages in safari, not just 8.

What else can you folks think of that's reasonable to expect Apple to implement in iOS6?
 
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An app in app feature would also be awesome! Like, you want to read your twitter feed and at the same time watch a TV Series on your iPad! But iPhone and iPod's will be too small for that though. Hmmm.... maybe it will be possible with a larger screen? Hmm.....
 
palmerc2 said:
-Separate signatures for each email account
-Full quality videos on YouTube as if on wifi
-Quick toggle to turn on/off wifi, bluetooth, change brightness, airplane mode, etc. I currently do this by swiping right on the status bar.
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These definately. The signatures are something that has annoyed me for some time, and the quick toggles could easily be added on the double tap and swipe to get the audio player controls - add 4 more icons above there as quick toggles.

I'd also like widgets, but more specifically the ability for other apps to use the notification center. Live updatable icons for things like temperatures, sports results etc.

The ability to remove any icon and app, even those that come with iOS (With the exception of items like settings). I have no use for Newsstand, the default weather program, and Stocks on my iPhone at all

Add to that the ability to select a new default browser, calender, mail program, clock etc. Everyone said that Microsoft was evil by shipping IE with the OS, but you could make another browser the default if you wanted. Maybe Apple should allow companies to submit "replacement" items that undergo more strict testing and have to abide by certain conditions, have certain features etc.

Better Siri. Basically it sucks here in Australia. No localisation, 2/3 of the time I go to use it to do something it cant connect, and it needs the ability to integrate with other applications. "How do I get to York Street, Sydney" (Shows me on map), "Open Tom Tom and take me there" - Siri opens Tom Tom application, adds the address, and starts navigation.
 
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